50cal BMG and 50cal Desert Eagle

Could you explain/picture the difference between the too? I am confussed the 50cal for DE. I have see a 50cal BMG used in sniper/smg mounted on hummers but I have not seen the 50cal for the DE. :confused:

The relevant rounds are on the left in both cases. The .50 AE is about halfway between the 5.56 NATO and .22 LR in length. The .50 BMG is 3.37x longer.

MachIVshooter

January 24, 2010, 04:44 PM

The only thing they have in common is bullet diameter, roughly .50.

.500" for the .50 AE, .510" for the .50 BMG. The AE was originally designed to use .510" bullets, but when the final version of the Desert Eagle emerged with Polygonal rifling, the .500" Destructive Device plug passed through the bore, so they had to reduce it to meet title I .500" bore or smaller requirements. That's why the .50 AE case has so much taper.